Senior Principal Engineer, GNC & State Estimation (R6233)

What you'll do

• Set the GNC and State Estimation technical roadmap, architecture, and development priorities, and build and mentor the engineering team.
• Develop, implement, and validate algorithms and production software; lead simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight-test development.
• Guide reusable platform capabilities, Runtime Assurance contributions, and customer technical work supporting airworthiness.

What they ask for

• At least 15 years of professional GNC experience, including hands-on aircraft flight controls, autopilot, navigation, and state estimation.
• Demonstrated record shipping and supporting production autopilot, flight-control, or integrated GNC software, with flight testing and operational deployment.
• Strong current proficiency in C++, MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent modeling tools, and Python or comparable tools.
• Master's degree in aerospace engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Applied Mathematics or Computer Science.

Nice to have

• Experience with GCAS / ACAS, detect-and-avoid, flight-envelope protection, or Runtime Assurance architectures.
• Experience with airworthiness processes, DO-178C, GNSS-degraded or denied navigation, or multiple aircraft configurations.

Tools

C++, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, Monte Carlo

AI focus

Develops and supports autonomy capabilities within Hivemind Enterprise, including GNC, state estimation, and Runtime Assurance.